"Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white fur-cuffed red trousers, who carries a bag full of gifts for children. Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas is a legendary figure of Western culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved children on Christmas Eve. #News18Podcast

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After Christmas Card,kids are espicially waiting for christmas gifts.The three wise men in the story of Christmas carried gold, frankincense and myrrh. #News18Podcast

Christmas Cards and Gifts - Part 2

A Christmas card is a greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to the Christmas and holiday season.The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". #News18Podcast

Christmas Card - Part 1

Some households do not put up the tree until the second week of December, and leave it up until 6 January (Epiphany).In Roman Catholic homes the tree may be kept until February 2.Beside the crib, the Christmas tree, with its twinkling lights, reminds us that with the birth of Jesus the tree of life has blossomed a new in the desert of humanity. #News18Podcast

Christmas Tree - Part 2

The modern Christmas tree tradition, though, is believed to have begun in Germany in the 18th century.It acquired popularity beyond Germany during the second half of the 19th century, at first among the upper classes.Martin Luther who is said to have first added lighted candles to an evergreen tree #News18Podcast

Christmas Tree

Christmas decorations have been carried our since a long time.Liturgically, this is done in some parishes through a Hanging of the Greens ceremony.The traditional colours of Christmas are pine green (evergreen), snow white, and heart red #News18Podcast

Christmas Decorations

Zacchaeus was a chief tax-collector at Jericho, he was an example of Jesus' personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost #News18Podcast

Who was Jesus? - Part 3

The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three persons of a Divine Trinity. #News18Podcast

Who was Jesus? - Part 2

Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ was a Jewish preacher.Jesus was truly a man who walked on the earth in Israel #News18Podcast

Who was Jesus? - Part 1

Jesus was born in Bethlehem during the time of Herod the Great. Magi from the east came to Herod and asked him where they would find the King of the Jews, because they had seen his star. Advised by the chief priests and teachers, Herod sent the Magi to Bethlehem, where they worshiped the child and gave him gifts.  #News18Podcast

Story of Jesus - Part 2

The nativity of Jesus or birth of Jesus is described in the gospels of Luke and Matthew. The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem .In the days when Herod was king of Judea, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth in Galilee to announce to a virgin named Mary, who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, that a child would be born to her and she was to name him Jesus #News18Podcast

Story of Jesus - Part 1

Jesus was considered to be the "Sun of righteousness".March 25 is the day of creation and of the conception of Jesus in his universal history #News18Podcast

Beginning of Christmas-Part 2

Beginning of Christmas. There are many reasons behind celebrating it on 25th December. There are those who have determined it as lord's birth and there is Linking Jesus to the Sun was supported by various Biblical passages. #News18Podcast

Beginning of Christmas - Part 1

Other names of christmas are Anglo Saxons,Nativity,Noel and Xmas. #News18Podcast

Other Names of Christmas

"Christmas" is a shortened form of "Christ's mass". It is derived from the Middle English Cristemasse and mæsse is from Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist. #News18Podcast

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